William murray



i @initrd gieten WILLIAM MURRAY, 0F ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 99,463, dated February 11870.

` CORN-HARVESTER.

The'Sche'dule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. l i

To all whom it may concern:

`Be it known that I, W1LLIAM"MURRAY,of Alexandria, in the county ofAlexandria, and State of Vir ginia, have invented a new and'valuableImprovementin Corn-Stalk Gut-ter; and I do hereby declare that' thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, aud'to the lettersandgures ofrefer'ence marked thereon. i Figure l, of the drawings, is a-top'view.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

My invention has relation to means for cutting cornstalks; and1tconsists mainl yin the constructionand nouel'aar# rangement ot'devices intended to 'servev an eicient purpose in cutting standing hillsof corn-stalks, and passing them in suitable bundles to the ground readyfor binding. i

To this end I construct a carriage in two sections, to be moved uponthree Wheels, which sections, for descriptiye purposes, I have markedrespectively A and B on the drawings.

vSection A has two large wheels a, a, firmly attached to theaxle, androtating therewith.

The frame G rests upon the axle a little in the rearl ofthe longitudinalcentre, and its front end is in part supported by the caster I). l

I attach a pinion, c, to the axle, which` gears with the pinion f on thelongitudinal shaft next mentioned.

F is a shaft resting and revolving on bearings inthe frame O. The pinionf is attached to its rear end, and thecrank-wheel g toits front, in themanner shown on fig. 1.

Ihe letter h represents the drivers seat, and '11,- the foot-rest, botharranged on section A. ot'frame C is constructed, so as to form thehounds of the carriage in which the ueap is arranged.

I attach a plate, H, under the hounds, as shown, which serves as an aidin supportingthe front end of the frame, by bringing a portion oftheweight thereof upon the ueap.` Y

The section B is attached to section A, by means of, the cross-beams Gand H, in the manner shown on iig. 1. It consists mainly of the platformK, elevated sides L, axle M, with iixed wheeLN, together with thecutting and unloading-apparatus nekt described.

.0 represents the cutting-bar connected with the crank g, bythe rod n,and by means of which rod and crank, it is forced to vibrate back andforth automat# '.ically. 1

Ihe front end The knives upon this-bar are marked ron the draw-V ings.They are formed with enlarged diamond-shaped points, and curvedcutting-edges, as shown.

The letters s represent grooved o1' slotted fingers, in which the knivesvibrate., and against the curved sides of which nthe corn-stalks are`cnt.

P represents my gathering-reel. It consists of a vertical-rotatingstandard, with curved arms, as shown.

The lettera represents a drum attached to the lower end of this reel.

' I form a similar drum -upon the axle M, and aband or belt, t', is.passed overboth to operate said reel.

'At the rear end of the platform K, I aix the rolling-barm, to which Iattach the arms p and w. Y is a rod, extending from ar-m w to the rakea', to which it is hinged. A rod, c', extends from arm 11 .to the leverR, which lever is pivoted to the side bf section B in the manner shown.f-

'Io operate my device, the machine is drawn forward, the team travellingtothe left of a standing row of corn, and bringing the front end ofsection B im- `mediately in the rear thereot'.

'Lhe movement of the wheels c a, and their connec-` tions, causes thecutting-bar to vibrate to the right and left, and cut the stalks. Thevwheel of section B and its connections rotate the reel, and therebypress .the stalks rmly against the fingers for cutting, and when cut,carries the stalks rearward upon the platforml K. When a quantity ofstalks, sniiicient for a bundle, has thus been cut and conveyed to theplatform, the. operator draws the top ot' leverR rearward, and therebyforces such bundle from the platform to the ground.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Iate'nt,is f 4 1. The roller m, arms p and w, rods Y and c', rake a', and leverR, when combined with the platform K, and arranged to operate asspeciiied.

2. The arrangement herein shown; oi' the shaft F, pinions e and f, cranky, rod n, cutting-bar 0, knives r,and reel I, with its curved arms asdescribed, when the same are combined with the platform K, and dis-.

charging-apparatus speciied.

In testimony that'I claim the above, I have here- ,unto subscribed myname, in the presence ot' two witmesses. Y his` `WILLIAM -l- MURRAY.mark. 'Witnesses 'l E. W'. ANDERSON, D. D. Km.

